Events Archive

February 25, 2011

A Call for International Religious Freedom

"A Call for International Religious Freedom" explored the state of religious freedom
and how we should respond. The conference discussed how religious clashes are become
more and more prevalent throughout the world, as well as examined the growing need
for tolerance between faiths, particularly as the Muslim and Christian worlds collide.
The panels included topics such as "The State and Impact of International Religious
Freedom," "Foundations for Religious Freedom," and "Responding to Religious Freedom."

January 23, 2009

Obama, Religious Faith, and the Public Square A Conversation with Doug Kmiec and John Jones

Three days after the inauguration of President Barack Obama, students, faculty, and
staff at Pepperdine University gathered at the School of Law, thirsty for analysis
of the new administration. The Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institue on Law, Religion,
and Ethics brought two of Pepperdine's most lauded experts in law and rhetoric together
in a forum titled "Obama, Religious Faith, and the Public Square: A Conversation with
Doug Kmiec and John Jones," which took place on Friday, Jan. 23, before a standing-room-only
crowd.

April 26, 2007

The Second Annual Louis Brandeis Lecture, 12:30 p.m. in SR-1 * Distinguished guest lecturer Amitai Etzioni, the founder of the Communitarian Movement
and University Professor at The George Washington University spoke based on his book,
"Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy" (Yale University Press). Professor
Etzioni also drew from the essay, "The Global Importance of Illiberal Moderates."

March 29, 2007

Religion and the Law Symposium, Chapman School of Law * Professor Cochran spoke at the Third Annual Religion and the Law Symposium; Pepperdine
University School of Law and Pepperdine Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law,
Religion, and Ethics were co-sponsors of the Symposium.

March 21, 2007

"Only One Choice": Human Trafficking in Burma and Thailand, 12:30 p.m. in Room D * Moon, a young woman from Burma, who was trafficked into prostitution at a very
young age. Accompanying her were Mark and Christa Crawford, founders of Just Food,
Inc. and the Garden of Hope in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

February 24, 2007

Racial and Ethnic Diversity Conference, Pepperdine University School of Law

February 23, 2007

Raul Gonzalez (CLS Lunch Speaker), 12:30 p.m. in SR-1

February 16, 2007

J. Reuben Clark Law Society Conference, Chapman Law School (the Nootbaar Institute
was a conference sponsor)

8:45-9:30 am Morning Keynote Speaker: By Kenneth Starr, Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law

9:30-10:15 am The Church and the United Nations Panel: Moderated by Robert O'Brien and featuring Former Governor Olene Walker and Elder Walker

10:30-11:30 am Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought; Traditional Christian Attitudes Toward Law;
Mormon Attitudes Toward Law: Implications of an International Perspective: Presented by Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law; W. Cole Durham, Gates University Professor of Law, Director, BYU International Center for Law and
Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU; and Elizabeth Sewell, Associate Director, BYU International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben
Clark Law School at BYU

February 11-13, 2007

Genocide and Religion Conference, Pepperdine University School of Law and the Simon
Wiesenthal Center *Approximately 61 attendees not including students who attended for course credit.

February 8, 2007

Transforming the Balkans from the Inside Out, Sam Ericsson,president and CEO of Advocates
International,12:30 p.m. in the Appellate Courtroom * co-sponsored with CLS

Religion and the Constitution: co-taught by Dean Kenneth Starr and John H. Garvey,
Dean and Professor of Law, Boston College Law School

Legal Ethics Seminar: Theresa Stanton Collett, Professor of Law, University of St.
Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Restorative Justice: Daniel Van Ness, Executive Director of the Centre for Justice
and Reconciliation, an Institute of Prison Fellowship International

May 16, 2006

Russell Pearce, professor of law and director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and
Ethics at Fordham University, delivered the Louis D. Brandeis Lecture at the School
of Law on May 16, 2006. That night, ILRE and David Nimmer of Irell & Manella, LLP
hosted a dinner discussion moderated by Pearce, titled "Religious Faith and Law Practice:
Integrated, Irreconcilable, or Irrelevant?"

Russell Pearce and ILRE Director Robert Cochran were featured in a May 2006 article
published in California Lawyer magazine titled "In Good Faith: Lawyers Look for Ways
to Work Religiously." The article discussed the "religious lawyering movement" that
Pearce is credited with founding, and chronicled ILRE's work in this emerging field.
It also highlighted Cochran's efforts to promote religion as "a means of bringing
attorneys together to practice law in a more cooperative, compassionate, and productive
way."

February 3-6, 2006

Conference: "Lawyers, Faith, and Peacemaking." Listen to audio from the conference:

Pepperdine's School of Law provides a superior legal education that aligns personal values with areas of interest, such as dispute resolution, religion, public interest, criminal, and entertainment law.